Metro Vancouver events on August 11, 2018

David Milne: Modern Painting - exhibition

Organized by the Dulwich Picture Gallery and the McMichael Canadian Art Collection in collaboration with the Vancouver Art Gallery, with exceptional support of the National Gallery of Canada. The exhibition is curated by Ian A C Dejardin and Sarah Milroy

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Emily Carr in Dialogue with Mattie Gunterman - exhibition

Emily Carr in Dialogue with Mattie Gunterman unites the work of two women artists practicing in British Columbia in the early twentieth century, presenting the paintings of Emily Carr with approximately thirty photographs by Mattie Gunterman

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Douglas Coupland’s Vortex at the Vancouver Aquarium

Douglas Coupland’s Vortex at the Vancouver Aquarium Event description: Experience acclaimed artist Douglas Coupland’s new radical art installation – Vortex – at the Vancouver Aquarium, an Ocean Wise initiative

Vancouver | Vancouver Aquarium | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Dorothea Lange - exhibition

The exhibition title is borrowed from the idiomatic expression for an anxious state of mind resulting from a prolonged stay in a remote or confined place

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Kevin Schmidt - exhibition

Kevin Schmidt is a British Columbia–based artist whose multidisciplinary practice embodies the do-it-yourself (DIY) sensibilities of an amateur inventor

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Paint Anything - Drop in Painting

Visit our studio in downtown Langley for a relaxed painting experience.

Langley | Zealous Art | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Visual Arts | Free

Ayumi Goto & Peter Morin: how do you carry the land? - exhibition

Ayumi Goto & Peter Morin: how do you carry the land? is an exhibition that presents the performance art and ongoing collaborations of Ayumi Goto and Peter Morin

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Site Unseen - exhibition

Site Unseen places lens-based works from the Gallery’s permanent collection in dialogue with select loans to explore the way contemporary photographic artists--who start with a documentary impulse to record the landscape - use diverse strategies to create

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

VMF 2018 Vancouver Mural Festival

Create Vancouver Society proudly announce the return of the 3rd Annual Vancouver Mural Festival beginning on Monday August 6th and culminating with a street party

Vancouver | Mount Pleasant | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Festival | Free

Vancouver Waterfight 2018!

It's Water Fight time Vancouver.! Ever summer we host the biggest baddest, most epic waterfight this city has ever experienced. Come be part of the fun, and bring a few friends

Vancouver | Stanley Park | 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free

Kaleidoscope Arts Festival

Coquitlam is ​excited to have the Juno award-winning band, The Philosopher Kings, take to the TD Community Plaza stage as the headlining act for this year's full-day arts festival

Coquitlam | Town Centre Park | 2:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Festival | Free

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats at Burnaby Blues+Roots Festival

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats headlining at the Burnaby Blues + Roots Festival with additional artists to announced in April

Burnaby | Deer Lake Park | 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Music

McBurney Plaza Summer Series: Country Music Night

Yee-haw! Grab your hat, put on your boots and join us in the Plaza for a fun evening! Live entertainment, dancing, craft beer, local wine and delicious street food

Langley | McBurney Plaza | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

The Radical: Saturday Night Improv!

The Radical returns to North Vancouver for more Saturday Night Improv at the historic Anne MacDonald Hall in front of the Presentation House Theatre. Get ready for a fast-paced nigh of big laughs all inspired by your suggestions!

North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Comedy

Style On Saturdays - Live Latin Saturday Nights - Second Floor Eatery + Bar

Join us on Robson Street for Vancouver's most Premium Latin Night! Style on Saturdays features Vancouver's Top Latin Bands in a beautiful room with 4 separate spaces including an outdoor second level patio

Vancouver | Second Floor Eatery + Bar | 8:00 pm to 2:00 am | Dance

Ilan Bluestone - Scars Tour at Celebrities

London-based producer Ilan Bluestone and one of Anjunabeats‘ brightest talents brings his explosive and uplifting set to Celebrities Nightclub for #PlayhouseSaturdays

Vancouver | Celebrities Nightclub | 10:00 pm to 3:00 am | Music